Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-06-12-Speech-2-195"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-06-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Development of the external service2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010612.10.2-195"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-06-12-Speech-2-1962
lpv:speaker	lp:Geoffrey Van Orden2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, it seems to me that we need to distinguish two aspirations which are contained in the Galeote report and which to some extent lead in different directions. I refer on the one hand to the need to improve the Commission's efficiency in achieving its priority tasks and on the other hand the ambition to create some sort of EU diplomatic service. The emphasis should be on the first of these, and this is reflected very much in paragraph 1 of the Galeote report which, and I quote: "Insists that the overriding priority for the external service of the Commission must be the efficient organisation and management of EU external assistance programmes". At a time when enlargement of the Union is a priority – and we have large-scale pre-accession aid programmes to assist this process – it is essential that we have the right number of staff with the right qualifications delivering and monitoring this assistance. The Commission obviously recognises the priority of reforming external assistance management, as we have seen over the last year or so. But according to some estimates, there is a shortfall of something like 1 254 posts dealing with priority policy areas. The Commission does not require more generalists and diplomats in its delegation, it needs competent managers, particularly those with expertise in tendering, contracting and, above all, project implementation; personnel with business experience perhaps. I wonder if the Commission's recruitment and retirement procedures reflect this priority? The draft Council regulation on the early retirement of some 600 officials is under consideration at the moment. I would like to know what steps the Commission is taking to recruit the right sort of people to replace those officials who will be retiring early."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; EMPL (1999-09-08--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Van Orden (PPE-DE )."1

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